04-15-2008, 12:53 AM
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GENERAL: Warmer temperatures are deteriorating the ice on lower elevation reservoirs. Anglers are reporting that the ice is unsafe at Echo and Rockport Reservoirs. With the amount of water being held in reservoirs, many have a ring of water around the edge that makes accessing ice dangerous.
BEAR LAKE: Bear Lake is frozen with ice thicknesses ranging from 12 to 15 inches and a couple of inches of snow on top of the ice. Ice anglers are catching whitefish right on top of the rockpile off Ideal Beach and off the weedbeds south of Gus Rich Point and between First and Second Points using small jigs or small castmasters tipped with meal worms and salmon eggs. Lake trout and cutthroat action was fair just about anywhere on the lake in waters from 30 to 80 feet deep using tube jigs tipped with cisco.
Nightime temperatures have been near zero degrees every night and daytime highs are not reaching freezing, so the ice continues to get thicker!!! For real-time weather (wind speed, water temp, air temp, lake elevation) see the BearLakeWatch.com. If you want to see what the actual weather conditions and ice conditions in the marina are in real-time, you can click on the link to the LiveLakeView.com cams and then click on Bear Lake.
Fishing regulation changes for 2008 include recognizing both Utah and Idaho licenses and the respective state's second pole permits on either side of the lake. What this means is that either a Utah or Idaho license holder can fish on either side of the lake. In addition if an angler also has purchased a second pole permit (two pole permit) then you can fish with two poles on either side of the state line too.
For those interested the GPS coordinates for the new rockpiles using WGS84 datum going from south to north are:
N 41° 58.097', W 111° 23.682'
N 41° 58.187', W 111° 23.728'
N 41° 58.292', W 111° 23.765'
N 41° 58.418', W 111° 23.798'
Submitted by Scott Tolentino.
CUTLER RESERVOIR: The channel is mostly open and fishable near the bridge.
LOGAN RIVER: The warmer weather was generating midge hatches, so watch for brown trout surface action. If you see fish rising, determine what they are taking and try to match it. Most likely, they are taking small, black gnats. Try a #20-24 Griffith Gnat, or Black Midge. Fish that are rising will also take small nymphs in the film, so a dropper rig can be effective. Action for mountain whitefish continues to be good. Run a small nymph on the bottom, and you can catch them all day long! Submitted by Pavlik Krasnov (WesternTroutFlies.com)
MANTUA RESERVOIR: A single fisherman on the southeast part of lake, fishing in about six feet of water had caught approximately 20 fish. He had caught one trout about 10 inches long, two bass about 12 inches, 12 bluegill ranging from six to eight inches and five perch up to eight inches. He was using jigs and mealworms.
Another angler in the same area had caught 15 total fish. He had run out of mealworms and was using power nuggets with success. He caught one trout about 10 inches, two bass about 12 inches, bluegill up to eight inches, and had released several small perch.
A third fisherman was about 50 feet east of second angler. He was using an ice rig with a small boober to indicate strikes. He had about 30 fish scattered all over the ice. They were mostly bluegill, but had kept two bass, two perch and one trout. Another gentleman caught and released a 2.6-pound trout and a 1.6-pound bass. His special trick was twirling line in his hand to entice strikes. Submitted by Dedicated Hunter Doug Allen.
NEWTON RESERVOIR: Lake is surrounded by a three- to four-foot ring of water.
BEAR LAKE: Bear Lake is frozen with ice thicknesses ranging from 12 to 15 inches and a couple of inches of snow on top of the ice. Ice anglers are catching whitefish right on top of the rockpile off Ideal Beach and off the weedbeds south of Gus Rich Point and between First and Second Points using small jigs or small castmasters tipped with meal worms and salmon eggs. Lake trout and cutthroat action was fair just about anywhere on the lake in waters from 30 to 80 feet deep using tube jigs tipped with cisco.
Nightime temperatures have been near zero degrees every night and daytime highs are not reaching freezing, so the ice continues to get thicker!!! For real-time weather (wind speed, water temp, air temp, lake elevation) see the BearLakeWatch.com. If you want to see what the actual weather conditions and ice conditions in the marina are in real-time, you can click on the link to the LiveLakeView.com cams and then click on Bear Lake.
Fishing regulation changes for 2008 include recognizing both Utah and Idaho licenses and the respective state's second pole permits on either side of the lake. What this means is that either a Utah or Idaho license holder can fish on either side of the lake. In addition if an angler also has purchased a second pole permit (two pole permit) then you can fish with two poles on either side of the state line too.
For those interested the GPS coordinates for the new rockpiles using WGS84 datum going from south to north are:
N 41° 58.097', W 111° 23.682'
N 41° 58.187', W 111° 23.728'
N 41° 58.292', W 111° 23.765'
N 41° 58.418', W 111° 23.798'
Submitted by Scott Tolentino.
CUTLER RESERVOIR: The channel is mostly open and fishable near the bridge.
LOGAN RIVER: The warmer weather was generating midge hatches, so watch for brown trout surface action. If you see fish rising, determine what they are taking and try to match it. Most likely, they are taking small, black gnats. Try a #20-24 Griffith Gnat, or Black Midge. Fish that are rising will also take small nymphs in the film, so a dropper rig can be effective. Action for mountain whitefish continues to be good. Run a small nymph on the bottom, and you can catch them all day long! Submitted by Pavlik Krasnov (WesternTroutFlies.com)
MANTUA RESERVOIR: A single fisherman on the southeast part of lake, fishing in about six feet of water had caught approximately 20 fish. He had caught one trout about 10 inches long, two bass about 12 inches, 12 bluegill ranging from six to eight inches and five perch up to eight inches. He was using jigs and mealworms.
Another angler in the same area had caught 15 total fish. He had run out of mealworms and was using power nuggets with success. He caught one trout about 10 inches, two bass about 12 inches, bluegill up to eight inches, and had released several small perch.
A third fisherman was about 50 feet east of second angler. He was using an ice rig with a small boober to indicate strikes. He had about 30 fish scattered all over the ice. They were mostly bluegill, but had kept two bass, two perch and one trout. Another gentleman caught and released a 2.6-pound trout and a 1.6-pound bass. His special trick was twirling line in his hand to entice strikes. Submitted by Dedicated Hunter Doug Allen.
NEWTON RESERVOIR: Lake is surrounded by a three- to four-foot ring of water.